Bolshoy Pit Большой Пит | |
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Mouth location in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia | |
Location | |
Severo-Yeniseysky District, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia | |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Yenisey Range |
• coordinates | 60°6′49″N 94°57′4″E / 60.11361°N 94.95111°E |
• elevation | 550 m (1,800 ft)[1] |
Mouth | Yenisey |
• coordinates | 59°1′15″N 91°41′47″E / 59.02083°N 91.69639°E |
• elevation | 61 m (200 ft) |
Length | 415 km (258 mi) |
Basin size | 21,700 km2 (8,400 sq mi) |
Basin features | |
Progression | Yenisey→ Kara Sea |
The Bolshoy Pit (Russian: Большой Пит - "Great Pit") is a river in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is a right hand tributary of the Yenisey.
The Bolshoy Pit is 415 kilometres (258 mi) long, and the area of its basin is 21,700 square kilometres (8,400 sq mi).[2] The lower reaches of the Bolshoy Pit are navigable during the spring flood between May and June up to the village Bryanka, 184 km (114 mi) from the river's mouth.[3]